262 THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FORESTS. 



Yield. Ijog timber 6,420 M feet B. M.; small wood, 45,000 cords. 



Demand. There is ver}' little demand for the market. Much of the best 

 timber has been cut for local use. 



Accessibility. Y'dXv wagon roads lead to Tallulah Falls, about 18 miles distant. 

 The mountain sides offer no special difficulties to logging operations. 



Cutting.- Figured woods and the choicest of the poplar, ash, cherry, and 

 walnut hav^e been culled for the market, and large amounts of oak, chestnut, 

 and other woods have been cut by the farmers for buildings, fences, and fuel. 



i^r/'e'. Fires prevail in dry periods wherever there is material enough to 

 feed them. The forests are considerably depleted by them. 



Reproduction. Free, except for fires and grazing. 



Second growth. Deficient. The supply of saplings has been greatly reduced 

 by fire. 



Undergrowth. Scant, owing to fires and grazing. 



Rate of grmoth. Not observed. 



Water power. Limited. The stream is small and variable. 



Ovmership. Most of the tract is owned by resident farmers. 



Prices of land. Twenty dollars per acre would buy the best farm land, 

 and the mountain ridges could be bought for 50 cents to $2 per acre. 



TALLULAH RIVER BASIN ABOVE PLUM ORCHARD AND PERSIMMON CREEKS (rABUN AND 

 TOWNS COUNTIES, GA., AND MACON COUNTY, N. c). 



Area. Total, 40 square miles; cleared, 1 square mile; wooded, 39 square 

 miles. 



Surface. ThQYQ are several isolated tracts of arable land along the river. 

 Elsewhere the slopes are usually steep and rock}-. Some of the ravines have 

 precipitous sides. 



Soil. Usually fertile in the lowlands, ravines, and coves. The ridges have 

 better soil than is common on ridge lands southward. 



Huutus. Abundant in ravines and coves and on north slopes. 



Agricultural value. Nearly all crops grow well in this valley. The value 

 of the land for agriculture has been limited by the difticulty of access. Should 

 the corundum plant at Tate City be kept in operation, a good home market 

 would be developed for farm produce. 



Timber trees. Oaks, 75 per cent; black gum, 3 per cent; hickory, 4 per 

 cent; chestnut, 6 per cent; ash, poplar, and cherry, 5 per cent; cucumber, 2 

 per cent; buckeye, 2 per cent; white pine, hemlock, and pitch pine, together, 

 3 per cent. 



Yield. Ijog timber, 72,040 M feet B. M.; small wood, 388,400 cords. 



